ALEKSANDROVNA, Z. (Zinaida Nikolaevna)

Novye Znakomye Risunki N Plastova.

Moscow, Detgiz, 1961. Colour illustrated paper covers, stapled, 20 pp. 22 x 27.5 cm. In very good condition. By Aleksandrova Zinaida Nikolaevna (1907 - 1983) writer and poet; author of many children's books in verse. Illustrated by N Plastov.

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Book number: 37424

Catalogue: Russian Children's Books

Keywords: Children's|Russian|Featured|Russian Avant-Garde|Children's|Russian Children's Books|Illustrated

AVENARIUS, V. P. (1839-1923) ?.?. ?????????.

Tri Ventsa: Izdanie Vtoroye. Second Edition. With 12 Illustrations.

St. Petersburg,?????-?????????, P. V. Lukovnikov. ??. ???. ?.?. ???????????, [1905]. Original coloured pictorial boards and decorated endpapers. Publisher's wrappers bound in. M.O. Volf bookseller's label to f.e.p. verso, V. V. Baratchevsky's 'Russian Book Shop, London'cancelled stamps to endpapers. Owner name dated 1922 to f.e.p. 364[iv]pp. 12 full page b/w illustrations as called for, decorative head and tail pieces. In good condition. No loss, internally clean - no annotations. Spine and edges rubbed, erasure to paste-down, minor foxing throughout, small neat repair to first illustration. Vasily Avenarius. ??????? ???????? ?????????, born Wilhelm Heinrich Appolonius Avenarius, Russian writer born in Tsarskoye Selo to a Lutheran pastor. His first published works were considered reactionary and from then on, he restricted himself to writing books for children. ??? ?????: ???. ??????? ?? ?????? ??????? ??????????. (???????. ??? ????????? ?? ?????? ???? ?? ????????) .

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Book number: 38768

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Keywords: Russian|Literature|Featured|Antiquarian

BAGRITSKII, E. Bagritsky (E. Dzyubin)

Zvezda Mordvina. Poemi. (the Star Mordvina)

Moscow Moskva, Detskaia Literatura, 1972. Colour illustrated paper wrappers, in excellent condition. Upper cover a little sunned. Owner name inside. 32pp. b/w illustrations. Used; Very Good First published in 1931. Paperback.

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Book number: 34142

Catalogue: Russian Children's Books

Keywords: Poetry|Avant Garde|Russian|Featured

BIANKI, Vitaly Vitali

The Doughnut from the Wood with a Prickly Hood. Soviet Children's Library for Tiny Tots.

Moscow, Foreign Languages Publishing House, n.d. Not dated. Illustrated stapled paper covers, 22 x 28 cm. unpaginated [8 pp.]. Colour throughout. In very good condition. [Lesnoi Kolobok - Kolyuchi Bok]. Translated from the Russian by Dorian Rottenberg. Drawings by G. Nikolsky.

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Book number: 37406

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BIANKI, Vitaly Vitali

The First Hunt Soviet Children's Library for Tiny Tots.

Moscow, Foreign Languages Publishing House, n.d. Not dated. Illustrated stapled paper covers, 22 x 28 cm. unpaginated [12 pp.]. Colour throughout. Light wear to covers, no tears or scribbles, internally very good. Prvaya okhota translated from the Russian by Ronald Vroon. Drawings by V I Kirillov.

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Book number: 37414

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BIANKI, Vitaly Vitali Illus. by Nikolai Tyrsa

Snezhnaya Kniga [the Snow Book] Vitali Bianki and Nikolai Tyrsa.

Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1981. Publisher's printed covers to the outside with facsimile of original 16pp book inside on good quality cream-coloured paper. A very nice bright copy. Clean and tight. Used; Very Good Nicely produced facsimile of 1926 Leningrad LenGiz Edition. An introduction to the artist inside cover by V Servbryanya. Paperback.

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Book number: 36091

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Keywords: Children's|Book-Cover Design|Illustrated|Russian|Special Collection|Russian Avant Garde|Featured

BLAGININA, Elena. Yelena.

Lodochki. Stikhi. Moi Pervye Knizhki. Risinki Yu Ignateva.

Moscow Moskva, Detskaya Literatura, 1967. Colour illustrated covers, stapled, 17 cm x 22 cm. 16 pp. Illustrated inside in b/w. In very good condition, seems unused, but paper a little fragile and browning. Yelena Aleksandrovna Blaginina - Russian poet 1903 - 1989.

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Book number: 37432

Catalogue: Russian Children's Books

Keywords: Illustrated|Russian Children's Books|Featured|Poetry|Children's

BLOK, A. A..

Zaichik. Khudozhnik T Vasilieva. [a Selection of Poems by Aleksandr Blok].

Moscow Moskva, Sovetskaya Rossiya, 1989. Colour illustrated paper covers, stapled, unpaginated [16 pp.]. illustrated throughout in colour. In very good condition, probably unused. Text in Russian, poems by one of the greatest Russian symbolists,Alexander Blok. Comprising: Vorona, Na Lugy, Groza proshla.. Letni vecer, Zaichik, Uchitel, Sneg na Sneg, Vetkhaya izbushka. Illustrated for children by T Vasilieva.

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Book number: 37431

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CHUKOVSKY, Kornei (text), KANEVSKY, A. (illus.)

Ot Dvukh Do Pyati [from Two to Five].

1965. 8vo. in original dust-wrapper. Colour illustrated end papers. 399pp. b/w photos. Delightfully illustrated by M P Klychko. In very good condition. Chukovsky (Nikolay Vasilyevich Korneychukov 1882-1969) is best known in Russia for his children's books. Among his best-known are the verse tales Krokodil and Moydodyr. The present volume is his influential work on child psychology and children's language. First called 'Malenkiye deti '(later titled Ot dvukh do pyati). After its initial publication in 1928, it went through more than 20 printings.

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Book number: 37384

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CHUKOVSKY, Kornei (text). Illus. by P Sarkisyan

Tak I Ne Tak. Sarkisyan and Chukovsky.

Moskva Moscow, Detskii Mir, 1959. A good copy. Original colour illustrated stapled wrappers, 175x222mm. 24pp. Generally clean but juvenalia to one page and back cover. Cover a little loose at spine tail. Used; Good . Paperback.

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Book number: 36096

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DAHL, (Dal) V.. (illus. by V. Konashevich)

Father Four Seasons. Translated by K M Cook-Horujy.

Moscow, Raduga, 1991. Colour illustrated throughout. Used; Very Good Popular Russian folk tales and sayings translated into English. Collected by Russia's greatest lexicographer Vladimir Dahl or Dal (1801 - 1872). Many were later written up by Alexander Afanasyev. Hardcover.

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Book number: 28647

Catalogue: Russian Children's Books

Keywords: Konashevich|Illustrated|Children's|Russian Children's Book|Russian Book Design|Russian|Folk Lore|Proverbs in Russian

DUDDINGTON, Natalie (translated by)

Russian Folk Tales

New York, Funk & Wagnalls, 1969. Very small tear to dust-wrapper head, neat highlighting to dust-wrapper blurb inside and back, mild foxing to upper fore-edge. However, otherwise a very good, tight and clean copy. Collectable; Very Good Selection of folk tales translated from Afansiev's famous collection and illustrated by Dick Hart. Natalie 'Duddington' was the daughter of the Russian novelist Alexander Ertel. She came to London in the early 1900s where she worked as a translator. She was befriended by Constance Garnett. Hardcover.

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Book number: 32481

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Keywords: Russian|Folk Tales|Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev|Afanasiev|Featured

DVINSKY, Emmanuel [Assosciation copy Marevna and Diego Rivera]

Durov and His Performing Animals. Soviet Literature for Young People.

Moscow, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1963. Not dated but inscribed 1963. Illustrated cloth backed boards, 126pp. A little marked to covers, but a good tight copy. Long inscription on f.e.p. to 'Eli' (Marika Rivera's son David). Used; Very Good Translated from the Russian by Phyl Griffiths. Designed by V Duvidov. Long inscription on f.e.p. to 'Eli' (Marika Rivera's son David - grandson of Marevna and Diego Rivera). Hardback.

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Book number: 36513

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FET, (Afanasii Afanasevich) A, BLOK, A., ESENIN, S.. (Yesenin)

Sneg Da Sneg. Stichi O Zime. [Snow, Yes, Snow. Text in Russian. ]

Moscow Moskva, Detskaya Literatura, 1970. Poems about snow arranged and illustrated for children. A very nice bright copy. Clean and tight. 21x27 cm. Striking wrap-round cover illustration. In very good condition. Poems about snow arranged and illustrated for children. Colour illustrated throughout by G Nikolsky. Paperback.

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Book number: 37173

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FET, (Afanasii Afanasevich) A, BLOK, A., ESENIN, S.. (Yesenin)

Sneg Da Sneg. Stichi O Zime. [Snow, Yes, Snow. Text in Russian. ]

Moscow Moskva, Detgiz, 1958. Poems about snow arranged and illustrated for children. A very nice bright copy. Clean and tight. 22x28 cm. Striking wrap-round cover illustration. Very small closed tear to upper cover else very good. Clean and tight. Poems about snow arranged and illustrated for children. Colour illustrated throughout by G Nikolsky. First thus.

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Book number: 37409

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